Truck.



PATENTED SEPT. 10, 1907.

TRUCK. APPLICATION FILED MAY s. 1907.

W. F. LOYD.

| In: NORRIS PITERS cm, vuuunamn. n. c.

WILLIAM FRANK LOYD,

OF GRANVILLE, OHIO.

TRUCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 10, 1907.

Application filed May 8,1907. Serial N0.372,517.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM FRANK LOYD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Granville, in the county of Licking and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Trucks, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has for its object a simple, durable and eflicientconstruction of truck designed particularly for hauling corn shocks fromthe field, and the invention consists in certain constructions andarrangements of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe andthen point out the novel features in the appended claims.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the meansfor effecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved truck. Fig. 2 is a bottomplan view thereof.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The framework of the truck is constructed of solid or tubular rods andembodies side members 1 that extend at their rear ends parallel to eachother for a comparatively small portion of their length, and thenconverge towards the front cross bar 2 to which they are preferablyintegrally connected.

3 designates the rear cross bar of the framework which may be connectedat its ends to the rear ends of the side members 1 by elbow couplings asshown, or other suitable coupling means. The axle 5 is connected byshackle bolts 5 or the like to the rear ends of the side members 1, andrear traveling wheels 6 are journaled on the ends of said axle. The rearcross bar 3 extends in a plane in the rear of the peripheries of thetraveling wheels 6.

7 designates a front traveling wheel, or roller, which may be journaledin any desired manner underneath the truck, preferably to one of theboards 4 of which there are a series as shown, said boards extendingtransversely over the framework and being secured thereto in any desiredmanner so as to constitute the flooring or bed of the truck.

A pulley block 9 is swung or pivotally mounted on the front cross bar 2as shown, and a rope or cable 10 is adapted to extend through saidblock, said rope being provided at one end with an eye 11 designed forengagement with the forwardly facing hook 12 secured to the truck,preferably to one side bar of the framework near the front end thereof.The rear cross bar 3 is provided with a plurality of rearwardlyextending spurs S.

In the practical operation of my improved truck, when it is used forhauling corn shocks from the field, the truck is tilted on its rear end,being supported against the side of the shock with the spurs 8preferably embedded in the ground and preventing the truck fromslipping. The rope or cable 10 is then passed around the shock and oneend of the rope is engaged with the hook 12. The other end of the ropeis connected by any suitable form of hitch, (not shown) to the team, andwhen the horses pull the rope 10, the same will manifestly tightenaround the shock and the shock and truck will tip over upon the thirdwheel or roller 7 and the truck may then be hauled from the field.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be seen that I have provided a very simple and durableconstruction of truck by which corn shocks may be easily hauled from thefield, avoiding the necessity of elevating or loading the shock on to avehicle or rack of the ordinary high wheeled construction.

It is to be understood that the front roller 7 is swiveled or in thenature of a caster wheel, so that the device may be properly guided.Preferably the pintle 7 of the front traveling or caster wheel 7protrudes above the top of the truck so as to assist in preventing theshock from slipping to either side of the center. If desired, the rope10 may be provided with one or more knots 11 near the loop 11 to servethe same purpose of said loop. The framework 1 of the truck may beprovided near its rear end with two rearwardly facing hooks 14, saidhooks being used as a fastening for a rope to be passed around thebottom of the shock when necessary.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A truck comprising a framework, embodying front and rear cross barsand side bars, an axle secured to said framework, traveling wheelsjournaled in said axle, the peripheries of said wheels lying in a planein front of the rear cross bar of the framework, and spurs projectingrearwardly from and mounted on the rear cross bar.

2. A truck, comprising a framework embodying forwardly converging sidebars and front and rear cross bars, an axle secured to said framework,traveling wheels journaled in said axle, the peripheries of said wheelslying in a plane in front of the rear cross bar of the framework, aroller at the front of the truck, and a flooring or bed secured to saidframework and to one portion of which the front roller is connected.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM FRANK LOYD. [L. S.]

Witnesses M. M. KING, 0. L. WILLIAMS.

